Lot 1350
Aethelheard (792-805). with Kings of Mercia, Offa as Overlord. Anglo-Saxon Middle Period (780-973) Silver Non-portrait Penny, undated. 1.26 g. Archbishops of Canterbury, Second issue, with Archbishop title, Canterbury heavy coinage (792/3-796). Legend in three lines with bar divisions, barred M with pellet in each curve, pellets in a triangle either side, / :+:OFFA chevron barred A / REX. Rev. Legend in three lines with plain bar divisions. AEDIL / HEARD / ARCEPI. (Chick 247e, this coin; Blunt 136; N 229; S 885). Chipped, toned. Extremely rare. Very fine. Estimate $2,800UP
Found in Crundale, near Wye, Kent, 28 December 1991, Coin Register 1996, number153
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, June 2002, item1059.
Ex Professor G W De Witt Collection, F R Künker auction 137, 11 March 2008.
Ex Baldwin's Auction 77, 27 September 2012, lot 2525.
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